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1) Sooley
Author
Language
English
Description
After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called...
4) Hotshot
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When a woman’s dream for the future turns into a nightmare, a handsome FBI agent makes her vulnerable to more than she ever imagined in this novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.
Peyton Lockhart and her sisters have just inherited Bishop’s Cove, a charming oceanfront resort. But it comes with a condition: They must run the resort for one year and show a profit—only then will they own it.
Peyton...
Peyton Lockhart and her sisters have just inherited Bishop’s Cove, a charming oceanfront resort. But it comes with a condition: They must run the resort for one year and show a profit—only then will they own it.
Peyton...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance has made her one of the top athletes and gymnasts in the world—and how you too can overcome challenges in your life.
Simone Biles’ entrance into the world of gymnastics may have started on a field trip in her hometown
...Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the inspirational true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback. The film centers on Warner's unique story and years of challenges and setbacks that could have derailed his aspirations to become an NFL player, but just when his dreams seemed all but out of reach, it is only with the support of his wife, Brenda and the encouragement of his family,...
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Language
English
Description
"Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, in the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for the New York Giants. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Illustrated profiles of fifty pioneering female athletes, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science. A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes--from well-known figures like tennis player Billie Jean King and gymnast Simone Biles, to lesser-known athletes like skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee and Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations show how Tiger Woods, Gabby Douglas, Bruce Lee, Billie Jean King, and other budding sports champions faced kid-sized challenges growing up.
Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend
Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such ...
Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend
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Language
English
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Description
In Eat and Run, ultrarunner Scott Jurek opens up about his life and career as an elite athlete, and about the vegan diet that is key to his success.
For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. In 1999, as a compete unknown, he took the lead of the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile traverse over the old Gold Rush trails of the California Sierra Nevada. He won that race seven...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games—and beyond.
Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No one could have predicted then that sixteen years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams.
Aly's road to success...
Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No one could have predicted then that sixteen years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams.
Aly's road to success...
14) Running for my life: one lost boy's journey from the killing fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games
Author
Language
English
Description
This is a story about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team. He shares his commitment to keep moving forward and find God in each step.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Profiles the lives of women athletes who have left their mark on their respective sports and the athletic field including Margaret Ives Abbott, Wilma Rudolph, Kristi Yamaguchi, Venus and Serena Williams, and Simone Biles.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Play For Something provides student athletes with the inspiration, strategies, and know-how to succeed in the classroom and beyond. Written by a Division 1 basketball player who graduated as the valedictorian of his class with a 4.0 GPA, this book covers everything from study strategies to productivity theory, from memory mastery to effective writing strategies, and from homesickness to networking. The book contains insightful stories from some of...
19) Hope dances
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A talented young ballet dancer and also a star athlete has always been able to enjoy the best of both worlds. When she and her best friend have the opportunity to audition for the famous director of the Nutcracker, she's forced to choose between her mother's dream of her becoming a prima ballerina and her father's ambitions of her becoming an Olympic athlete. Upset at potentially disappointing one of her parents and confused about her choice, Hope...
20) Usain Bolt
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the life of the Jamaican Olympic sprinter, including his early years, his success at the 2008 through 2016 Olympics, and the record-breaking performances that make people call him "the fastest man alive."
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